Application of Adsorption and Separation Technologies in Water Treatment
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Separations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 29
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water treatment; adsorption; biosorbents; sustainable materials; advance oxidation processes; photocatalysis; UV-based advance oxidation processes
Interests: adsorption; biosorbents; sustainable materials; material synthesis and functionalization; material characterization; water treatment; advanced oxidation processes; plasma processes
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Interests: advanced oxidation processes; photocatalysis; adsorption, material synthesis and functionalization; material characterization; plasma processes; water treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental pollution, particularly in water, has significantly disrupted the fragile equilibrium of ecosystems, posing a threat to both biodiversity and human health. Various remediation technologies have been investigated to mitigate water pollution and protect the environment, with adsorption emerging as one of the most common and effective techniques owing to its low cost, simple operation, strong practicality, and environmental-friendliness, as well as the simple regeneration of adsorbents.
This Special Issue, titled “Application of Adsorption and Separation Technologies in Water Treatment”, is dedicated to the development of smart and responsive adsorbents, both natural and synthetic, that exhibit enhanced efficacy in the removal of a wide range of organic and inorganic pollutants from water. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas: strategies for the preparation of adsorbents, the examination of various operational and environmental conditions affecting adsorption performance, adsorption mechanisms, thermodynamics, equilibrium and kinetic studies of adsorption, and aspects of adsorbent regeneration. Because many benefits and improvements can be achieved by integrating adsorption with other separation processes, including enhanced quality of produced water, energy savings, environmental sustainability, and a reduction in plant capital and operating costs, research in this field is also welcomed.
Authors are invited to submit original research articles, review papers, and short communications.
Dr. Jelena Mitrović
Dr. Nena Velinov
Dr. Miljana Radović Vučić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adsorption
- separation technologies
- water treatment
- adsorbent preparation
- pollutant removal
- water contaminants
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